Dear Moderator Kindly announce the following National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content With best regards, Rajesh Chandrakar National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content: Bridging the Digital Divide Jointly organized by CEC, New Delhi and INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 29th to 30th January 2009. For more details kindly follow the link: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/seminar/. Background Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and the Information Library Network (INFLIBNET) the two Inter-University Centres (IUC's) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) were set up with common facilities as IUC's equipped with infrastructure for research and academic activity in the universities of higher education in the country considering the fact that heavy investment on infrastructure and other cost-intensive central facilities may be beyond the reach of individual institutions. CEC and the INFLIBNET Centre of UGC provide information support for education and research in colleges and universities through their services and facilities. While CEC concentrates on creation and dissemination of multimedia-based learning resources, the INFLIBNET specialises in textual-based information retrieval services through its union databases and by facilitating access to full-text and bibliographic e-resources through consortium arrangements. Both the organizations make intensive use of Internet, Web and other communication technology to develop and disseminate their services. While both the institutions work primarily for the same goal, albeit separately, there is a lot of scope for the them to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate in the process of creation, development and dissemination their resources and services. The Internet and Web technology offer virtual environment that facilitate collaboration, hitherto, not possible in the traditional communication system. There is, therefore, an opportunity to examine and evaluate the activities, services and functionalities of the two institutions, identify gaps in resources, services and infrastructure and flag potential areas of coordination and collaboration. The two organizations may also redefine their roles in changing scenario and identify modalities to work in tandem with inputs from their users and experts in Media, Communication and Library Information Science Theme and Sub-theme of the Seminar Multi-media Content Development and Management a.. E-content creation and building learning objects repositories. b.. Information retrieval techniques for non-textual media c.. Multimedia formats and standards d.. Virtual learning environment Multi-media Communication: Tools and Techniques a.. EDUSAT network for dissemination of knowledge b.. Podcasting, Vodcasting and Webcasting Digital preservation a.. Digital preservation strategies and its challenges b.. Digital preservation of metadata Metadata Creation and Management a.. Metadata standards for textual and multimedia content b.. Learning Objects Metadata Standards Open Access and Open Source Software a.. Institutional Repositories (IRs) b.. Open Access (OA) initiatives in India c.. Interoperability: Standards and Tools d.. Open source software Library Consortia and IPR in Digital World a.. Library consortia: Economics and impact on research output b.. IPR in digital environment Target Audience The seminar is essentially targeted to the academic community in the universities and colleges. Individuals concerned with application of ICTs in libraries, media centres, virtual learning, online courseware development and dissemination would also benefit from the seminar. The existing users of media services from CEC / EMMRC's and INFLIBNET will also participate. Registration Last Date for Registration : January 15, 2009 Registration fee : Rs. 2,000.00 per participant The amount for registration fee may be paid either by Demand Draft / Multi-City cheque in favour of "Director, CEC, New Delhi" payable at New Delhi. The payment may be sent on the address given overleaf along with the Registration Form. Registration will be confirmed only if the form is duly completed. Registration fee is non-refundable. Registration fee does not include accommodation. Contact us for Registration/Enquires Seminar Secretariat Chief Administrative Officer / Organising Secretary Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), IUAC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067 Phone: 011-26890264, 011-26122605, 011- 26897418, 26897419 Fax: 011-26897416 Website: http://www.cec-ugc.org . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh@inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar@gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.